standard error

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So, each IQ test score has a standard error of measurement that accounts for the margin of error above and below the test-taker’s score.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

For the hypothesis test, we calculate the estimated standard deviation, or standard error, of the difference in sample means, X¯ 1 − X¯ 2 .

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

The margin of error depends on the confidence level or percentage of confidence and the standard error of the mean.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

If you decrease the sample size to 50, will the standard error of the mean be smaller or larger?

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

In each sample mean, standard error, standard deviation, and extremes are shown.

From Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) by Fitch, Henry S.